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criticizing

ADJECTIVE

carping

Synonyms

STRONG

bellyaching caviling disparaging griping grousing grumbling kvetching moaning nagging niggling quibbling whining

WEAK

censorious critical deprecatory fault-finding grouchy hypercritical nit-picking overcritical scathing

Antonyms

WEAK

complimentary forgiving

NOUN

reviewing

Synonyms

STRONG

analyzing critiquing evaluating examining investigating judging outlining studying summarizing surveying

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Analysts are criticizing the company’s approach to customers with older cars.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

The Best Friends group released a report in 2024 highlighting poor conditions at the shelter and criticizing the leadership of the Animal Services Department, including former general manager Staycee Dains.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Virginia Woolf then got into the act, criticizing the BBC Home Service as middlebrow, despite its newsreaders’ plummy Oxbridge accents.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Social media is full of scolds criticizing men who walk ahead of their partners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I thought he was criticizing me for something and I started to explain.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

criticizing

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